Total Crime Rate

77.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

37.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 77.5 7/10
  • Violent crimes 37.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Auden Way area has the 20th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Highfields & Western Downs , and the 131st highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Stafford .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Auden Way (ST17 9TX) in the last 12 months was 77.5 per 1,000 residents and was 15.6% lower than the Highfields & Western Downs average (91.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 37.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Auden Way (ST17 9TX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Swinburne Close, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Milton Grove (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Auden Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Eliot Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lovelace Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wordsworth Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shakespeare Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dryden Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thompson Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lovelace Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Milton Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thompson Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thompson Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Othello Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chaucer Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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